Speed only kills if you don't have it!

Ran with Greg at practice today.  Wow!  Talk about nice spring weather!  It actually felt hot when we weren't running into the wind, which only for about a mile of our 7.5 mile run.  Definitely not used to close to 60 degrees.  We ran the same first part of the run from Saturday, but instead of going around the cove pond we went around Butterfield Park and back on the trail.  Never felt great on the run, but I haven't run 40 miles in a week in sooooooo long that I didn't expect to feel great today.  Had 3 mile under 7 min pace and averaged 7:16 for the run, nothing special, but not shabby either.

Early morning run before work out the Cove pond and back.  Nice morning, but pretty windy.  53:55 for the run

Ran down to Monarch Meadows to practice.  The kids were dead after yesterday's speedwork, so Greg and I led the way on our loop up Shaggy Peak, around Butterfield Park, and back on the trail (5.15 miles). I ran back home the long way up around the Rosecrest loop.  I was going into the wind and uphill for most of it and felt super slow, but actually was running about the same pace.  At about the 8 mile mark my left calf started to hurt, big ole knot in it!  I finished the run kind of gingerly and averaged 7:14 for the 9.5 miles.  I think the calf will be sore tomorrow!

Beautiful day for running today!

AM- Got up early and Chad Robinson came over for a run.  Awesome weather!  No wind, high 40s.  Wasn't sure how the calf  would be this morning after that knot yesterday.  It was tight but the pace was easy so no issues.  We had a good conversation, mostly about old blog vs. new blog.  I am pretty out of the loop after being out of racing for 3 years.  We went out to the Cove pond and back and averaged 7:08.

Lunch- ran out on Leila to Friendship and jumped on the trail and went to the top of the private road.  Came back the same way.  I was tired after running 21 miles in less than 20 hours, haven't done that in years.  I took it way easy and felt like I was crawling, it felt good.  I actually went faster than I thought I was though and averaged 7:27

My wife's Birthday is today so I had my assistants cover practice and we went to Tucanos and played some mini golf in the sun.  Nice day over all.

Easy run after school with the coaches and varsity girls.  No watch

We went to South Jordan to time a 5k for some people putting the race on.  We decided to have the kids do the race for practice today.  After the distance kids ran the race, Greg and I took them out for a cool down.  We ran the course backward and forward pretty much.  7:45 pace for the run.  It was very windy today, but still warm.  I hit my mileage goal again this week with 45 miles.  I feel tired, but not too tired this week, so I am getting better.